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<blockquote data-quote="MrMyth" data-source="post: 4984151" data-attributes="member: 61155"><p>I'm about to start playing a Paragon level Bravura Warlord, so I was very excited about this article... but it left me rather disappointed. Mainly just with the editing. (Or lack thereof.)</p><p></p><p>One feat (Courageous Word) simply seems poorly worded. The next feat (Emboldening Presence) gives allies a bonus to saving throws when they second wind... with no duration listed. One feat makes Aid Another stupidly powerful - I can't imagine much abuse for that in combat, but it completely shatters the math for anything skill related. </p><p></p><p>Another feat, Shrewd Positioning, lists the benefit as: "Whenever you make an initiative check, each ally whose check result you slide 1 square." </p><p></p><p>I'm assuming that meant to say "check result you exceed" or something similar? As opposed to just being gibberish?</p><p></p><p>A bunch of the powers involve giving extra benefits involving Inspiring Word. That's pretty cool. Except one of them simply states "...If the target also benefited from your inspiring word, it gains a bonus to its attack roll..." Which, notably, doesn't give any indication of <em>when</em> it needed to benefit from inspiring word. This round? This encounter? Ever?</p><p></p><p>Or perhaps my favorite, the flavor text for the Awakened Wrath daily power: "<em>Seeing your hurts, an ally explodes with unexpected violence.</em>"</p><p></p><p>I mean... I understand that the article is trying to do some complicated stuff with Warlords, who already are a rather complex class. And this is right at the start of the 'more articles month', so I imagine some of this is getting cranked out. But given the uproar over the editing of the ranger article the other month, seeing issues like this is really frustrating. I like a lot of the ideas going on in this article, but the specific choices and the lack of editing really undercuts it for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrMyth, post: 4984151, member: 61155"] I'm about to start playing a Paragon level Bravura Warlord, so I was very excited about this article... but it left me rather disappointed. Mainly just with the editing. (Or lack thereof.) One feat (Courageous Word) simply seems poorly worded. The next feat (Emboldening Presence) gives allies a bonus to saving throws when they second wind... with no duration listed. One feat makes Aid Another stupidly powerful - I can't imagine much abuse for that in combat, but it completely shatters the math for anything skill related. Another feat, Shrewd Positioning, lists the benefit as: "Whenever you make an initiative check, each ally whose check result you slide 1 square." I'm assuming that meant to say "check result you exceed" or something similar? As opposed to just being gibberish? A bunch of the powers involve giving extra benefits involving Inspiring Word. That's pretty cool. Except one of them simply states "...If the target also benefited from your inspiring word, it gains a bonus to its attack roll..." Which, notably, doesn't give any indication of [I]when[/I] it needed to benefit from inspiring word. This round? This encounter? Ever? Or perhaps my favorite, the flavor text for the Awakened Wrath daily power: "[I]Seeing your hurts, an ally explodes with unexpected violence.[/I]" I mean... I understand that the article is trying to do some complicated stuff with Warlords, who already are a rather complex class. And this is right at the start of the 'more articles month', so I imagine some of this is getting cranked out. But given the uproar over the editing of the ranger article the other month, seeing issues like this is really frustrating. I like a lot of the ideas going on in this article, but the specific choices and the lack of editing really undercuts it for me. [/QUOTE]
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